Jonathan M. Gilligan

Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan

@jgilligan.org

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · Nov 26

I have a new paper in Nature Climate Change (co-authored with many colleagues and led by Bishwajit Mallick): "Future-making beyond (Im)mobility through tethered resilience".

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Future-making beyond (im)mobility through tethered resilience - Nature Climate Change

Adaptation to climate change goes beyond the migration–non-migration divide. Families and communities combine mobility with rootedness, drawing on cultural ties, intergenerational learning, and lived ...

www.nature.com

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 11h

Senator Susan Collins killed the amendment to protect the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) -- perhaps the world's premier research center for work on #weather, #climate, models, and remote sensing. Remember that.

Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 15h

Here it is: youtu.be/Ylfto5YnOww?...

Man Gets Schooled By Anti-Fascism Sign

YouTube video by Nate Gowdy

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 19h

True, but even then, the video did not even show an impact that might have created a bruise to anything but his ego.

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 21h

look, martin luther king wrote and spoke a lot on this subject: protesting "peacefully" is not the same as protesting in a way that inconveniences no one and does not confront the state

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Tracy @tracydeepbluesea44.bsky.social · 1d

When someone shows you who they are, believe them.

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Ben Rosen @benrosen.bsky.social · 1d

the problem with an untrained secret police squad that shoots people in their cars isn’t that they’re untrained

Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 1d

MAGA strategy:

1. Convince all white parents that they, too, must have "the talk" with their daughters

2. ?

3. Win elections

Kelly @wanderwomannc.bsky.social · 1d

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Kelly @wanderwomannc.bsky.social · 1d

Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 2d

And whenever the Metro government does something good, the state usually enacts a new law saying, "Cities can't do that."

Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 2d

The bill isn't only about drag shows. It also applies to "printed" and "filmed" content, so it could very well apply to movie theatres, such as the Belcourt, and bookstores that sell banned books.

Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 2d

The bill isn't just about drag shows. It also includes "printed" or "filmed" material with sexual content, so movie theatres, such as the Belcourt, and bookstores would fall under the ban.

We're going back to the days when Ulysses, Howl, and Lolita were banned.

tennesseelookout.com/2026/01/13/h...

House passes anti-drag bill as legislature convenes for 2026 • Tennessee Lookout

The Tennessee House of Representatives opened the 2026 session passing an bill targeting businesses that hold one drag show in a year.

tennesseelookout.com

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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 2d

Every January, I say to myself: "Self. What can the Tennessee legislature do this year to be less helpful to Tennesseans?" I never have to wait long but day one might be a record.

House passes anti-drag bill as legislature convenes for 2026 • Tennessee Lookout

The Tennessee House of Representatives opened the 2026 session passing an bill targeting businesses that hold one drag show in a year.

tennesseelookout.com

Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 2d

MIGA = "Make ICE Go Away"

Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 2d

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 2d

Trump appears to have made a decision to intervene in Iran in some way:

Donald J. Trump § @realDonaldTrump
Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING
- TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!! Save the names of the killers and abusers. They will pay a big price. I have cancelled all meetings with Iranian Officials until the senseless killing of protesters STOPS. HELP IS ON ITS WAY.
MIGA!!! PRESIDENT DONALD J.
TRUMP
1k ReTruths 3.05k Likes 1/13/26, 8:43 AM

Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 2d

A bagel with an event horizon. Cool!

Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 2d

This is really cool. It feels important to add that, as reported in the news story, this research used a neural network tool called Pythia, specifically designed to work with peptide sequences & structures, and which is nothing like LLMs such as GPT.

Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 2d

Scientists have used artificial intelligence to create an enzyme that can eat one of the toughest plastics on Earth. The enzyme breaks polyurethane down into reusable chemicals in just 12 hours at 50°C, turning it back into raw materials. Truly circular recycling. buff.ly/oUxRjjl #ShareGoodNewsToo

Neural network finds an enzyme that can break down polyurethane

Given a dozen hours, the enzyme can turn a foam pad into reusable chemicals.

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The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 2d

In India, “it is no longer possible...to imagine a Muslim president, chief justice, or national cricket captain, positions that it would have been unremarkable for a Muslim to hold for most of India’s independent existence.” —Christopher de Bellaigue

Hype and Fraud in India | Christopher de Bellaigue

Narendra Modi is pursuing his vision of “developed India” through distorted claims of progress, stolen elections, and anti-Muslim policies.

www.nybooks.com

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 2d

Trump appears to have made a decision to intervene in Iran in some way:

Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Jonathan M. Gilligan, David Underdown

Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 2d

Neural network finds an enzyme that can break down polyurethane

Given a dozen hours, the enzyme can turn a foam pad into reusable chemicals.

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 3d

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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 4d

First Lord of the Treasury, Lord Chief Justice, Commander-in-Chief, Lord High Admiral, Master of the Buckhounds, Groom of the Back Stairs, Archbishop of Titipu, and Lord Mayor, both acting and elect, all rolled into one. And at a salary!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump posts that he’s “Acting President of Venezuela”

Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 3d

This guy is seriously modeling his presidency on Pooh Bah from the Mikado.

And it's oh, I vow,
This deathly bow
Was a touching sight to see;
Though trunkless, yet
It couldn't forget
The deference due to me!

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

Q: "Do you believe that deadly force was necessary?"

Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3d

Huge. www.advocate.com/health/macke...

MacKenzie Scott donates $45 million to LGBTQ+ youth mental health nonprofit the Trevor Project

The donation comes as recent studies show increasing mental health concerns among LGBTQ+ youth.

www.advocate.com

Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 3d

ICE, ice, baby!

> Falling on the concrete real fast
> Jumped in my car, slammed on the gas

grace @acab4cutie.top · 4d

y’all wanna see some ice-on-ice violence? 🥰

Reposted by Nandita Sharma, Jonathan M. Gilligan, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

First of all, good for her for calmly standing her ground and ignoring all the empty threats -- "we're gonna put you in the car and ID you!" -- until these goons give up and slink away.

Second, the irony of masked agents of the state with no name plates demanding *other* people identify themselves?

Street Sharks Explained 🇨🇺🇵🇸 @gaykwon.bsky.social · 3d

This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 3d

semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003

when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out

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Street Sharks Explained 🇨🇺🇵🇸 @gaykwon.bsky.social · 3d

This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 3d

Congressional leaders are now looking to fund DHS with a continuing resolution because passing a full-year funding bill is almost impossible after the death of Renee Good

A continuing resolution keeps funding at previous year’s levels, would mean no longer increasing $$$ as previously sought

Congress may look to fund the Department of Homeland Security with a continuing resolution for the rest of
FY2026, according to multiple aides and lawmakers familiar with the planning.
GOP and Democratic negotiators tell us that the wave of protests against ICE nationwide following Wednesday's fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis make it impossible for Congress to craft a spending bill that can get 60 votes in the Senate.
Democrats want tough new restrictions on ICE and Republicans will resist.

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Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com · 3d

Even just that first paragraph hits too close to home, I'm afraid.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Adolf Hitler’s first weeks as chancellor were filled with so many excesses and outrages—crushing states’ rights, curtailing civil liberties, intimidating opponents, rewriting election laws, raising tariffs—that it was easy to overlook one of his prime targets: the German central bank.

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grace @acab4cutie.top · 4d

y’all wanna see some ice-on-ice violence? 🥰

Reposted by Jonathan M. Gilligan, Philip Nel, Pádua Fernandes

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 4d

In this clip from a longer interview, she says while she was in detention, agents called Renee Good a “lesbian b*tch.”

This video belongs to @statuscoupnews.bsky.social and I’ll take it down if they want me to.

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